Pepys left his professionally bound diaries to his alma mater, Cambridge, together with his library of carefully selected books in custom made book cases, including the book from which he learned the shorthand used in the diary. The idea that this was all to be a secret forever is fanciful. Of course he thought others would read it -- after he was dead and no longer subject to repercussions from some who would not want the world to know what Pepys revealed. He was writing for posterity. What an excellent website this is.
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About Friday 26 April 1667
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Pepys left his professionally bound diaries to his alma mater, Cambridge, together with his library of carefully selected books in custom made book cases, including the book from which he learned the shorthand used in the diary. The idea that this was all to be a secret forever is fanciful. Of course he thought others would read it -- after he was dead and no longer subject to repercussions from some who would not want the world to know what Pepys revealed. He was writing for posterity. What an excellent website this is.